Harold R. Collier

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. , December 12, 1915. Graduated from J. Sterling Morton High School in 1932. Attended Morton Junior College, Cicero, Ill. , in 1932 and 1933. Entered Lake Forest (Ill. ) College in 1934 and left in 1937 to become editor of Berwyn Beacon. Editorial department of Life Publications 1938-1941. Sales department and personnel manager, Match Corp. Of America, Chicago, Ill. , 1941-1951. Alderman, Berwyn city council in 1951. Advertising and public relations director McAlear Manufacturing Co. , Chicago, Ill. , 1952-1956. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Illinois secretary of state in 1952. Township supervisor of Berwyn 1953-1956. Secretary-treasurer, Cook County Supervisors Association, 1953-1956. President of Berwyn Public Health Board 1953-1956. Chairman first senatorial district Republican committee 1954-1974. Secretary, third legislative district, Republican committee, 1954-1974. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1975). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Died on January 17, 2006, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Interment at Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.